The Village Square: February 20, 2017

Kudos to the Strategicon staff and volunteers for a fantastic gaming convention this weekend (still happening today, but I’m wiped out and staying home) and a shout-out to my buddies that I ran into on Saturday.

Disney and Marvel Codenames
W. Eric Martin also reports that Disney and Marvel versions of Codenames will be available in the last quarter of this year. “Codenames Disney Family Edition, which will include characters and locations from a variety of Disney and Pixar films, and Codenames Marvel Edition, which will feature Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and characters from Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and other Marvel Comics properties.”Source: https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/62593/codenames-get-disneypixar-and-marvel-comics-editio

Steve Jackson Games in June
Also from Dice Tower News comes new of two new Steve Jackson Games titles due this June. Munchkin Pathfinder expansion Guns and Razzes adds a new faction and the Gunslinger class, while Ghosts Love Candy is a “card game in which players use teams of ghosts to possess trick-or-treaters on Halloween night and eat all of their candy.”Source: http://www.dicetowernews.com/june-2017-releases-from-steve-jackson-games/38994

Thimble No More
Bye bye, thimble. The Monopoly token will no longer be part of the game after a public vote garnered over 4 million votes. According to cnet.com, “The thimble originally joined the game way back in 1935. This isn’t the first time a classic token has been shown the door. In 2013, Hasbro dropped the iron from the lineup and replaced it with a cute cat.”Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/monopoly-thimble-token-dumped-hasbro/

First Martians Interview
The boardgamersanonymous.com podcast interviewed First Martians designer Ignacy Trzewiczek. “we ask him about the process of pulling the game [First Martians] together, the solo considerations in the design, and the differences and similarities between it and Robinson Crusoe.”Source: http://boardgamersanonymous.com/table-for-one-episode-21/